Liu Bei, who was already a little worried about Liu Zheng's attack, heard Jian Yong say that Liu Zheng really sent troops and horses to attack Xuzhou at this moment, so he naturally couldn't sit still.

And Jian Yong immediately answered Liu Bei and told Liu Bei the information he was in control of.

"Lord, our spies learned that Liu Zheng's general Wen Ping, who was guarding Guangling, had led 20,000 troops straight to Xuzhou a few days ago, but he was blocked by 10,000 soldiers and horses led by General Tian Yu of our army on the way, this is an urgent military situation sent back by General Tian Yu, I hope that the lord is ready to see if he sends troops to support General Tian Yu or makes other plans."

The news came back from Tian Yu, and Tian Yu followed Liu Bei very early.

He is from Youzhou like Liu Bei, and if you really want to count it, he is Liu Bei's fellow countryman, but Tian Yu has always served under Gongsun Zhan.

After Gongsun Zhan was defeated and died, Tian Yu, who already had some friendship with Liu Bei, naturally devoted himself to Liu Bei's command and was highly valued by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's army, except for a part of the men and horses commanded by Guan Yu who fought against Yuan Shao in Xiapi City, a large part of the rest of the people were commanded by Zhao Yun and Tian Yu to defend Liu Zheng's army on the front line of Guangling County.

Later, after Zhao Yun led his soldiers and horses to Xiapi City to support Guan Yu, Tian Yu was the only one on the front line of Guangling.

Although Tian Yu is still very young, but he is only in his early 20s, he is also experienced in a hundred battles under Gongsun Zhan, and he has also cultivated a good friendship with Zhao Yun, and has won the trust of Zhao Yun and others, so he can lead the army to garrison the front line to resist Liu Zheng at a young age.

At this time, Liu Bei heard Jian Yong say that the news was from Tian Yu, so he was naturally convinced.

"The news that Tian Yu came back said so, it will definitely not be fake, the one who guards Guangling City is Wen Ping, Wen Ping is a general under Liu Zheng, and his ability is not bad, although he is about the same age as Tian Yu, but Wen Ping has many years of experience in marching and fighting, and the army is also captured, and the soldiers and horses under the command of General Tian Yu are much worse than that Wen Ping, if our army does not send people to support, I am only afraid of General Tian Yu, it is difficult to resist."

At this time, Cheng Yu, whose face became a little ugly, also immediately analyzed the current situation at this moment.

After Liu Bei heard the news, his face was even more ugly, and he didn't even have time to think about anything, so he immediately replied to Jian Yong.

"Xianhe, how many soldiers and horses do we have in Xuzhou City?"

Liu Bei immediately asked Jian Yong about the battle on Tian Yu's side, and he was really a little afraid that Tian Yu would not be able to stop Wen Ping's attack.

Once Wenpin's army is really killed under the city of Xuzhou, the situation in the entire Xuzhou will be disrupted.

Jian Yong didn't dare to hide anything when he heard Liu Bei asking, and immediately explained to Liu Bei.

"Lord, our army only has 60,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, of which General Guan Yu and General Zhao Yun led 30,000 soldiers and horses to deal with Yuan Shao's army in Xiapi City, and the remaining 30,000 people, 10,000 were commanded by General Tian Yu to guard against Liu Zheng in the Guangling area, and some of the remaining 20,000 people were stationed in Lingbi County. At this time, there were less than 10,000 horses in Xuzhou. ”

Lingbi is Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, the place to prevent the Huainan army.

Because Liu Zheng still stationed 20,000 soldiers and horses of Tai Shi Ci in the Huainan area, Liu Bei had to station some soldiers and horses in Lingbi to prevent Tai Shi Ci from taking the opportunity to attack Xuzhou.

In this way, most of Liu Bei's troops in Xuzhou were stationed in the border area to guard against Liu Zheng, and it was precisely because of this that Yuan Shao was given the opportunity to go south from Qingzhou all the way unimpeded, and directly to Xiapi City.

"Quick! Immediately let Lingbi's soldiers and horses withdraw some of their men to support General Tian Yu. ”

Liu Bei didn't even have time to think about anything, so he directly ordered to prepare for Lingbi's soldiers and horses to go directly to support Tian Yu.

However, as soon as he said this, he was stopped by Cheng Yu on the side.

"The lord must not!"

Cheng Yu's face was wrong, and he hurriedly stopped Liu Bei, Liu Bei frowned when he saw Cheng Yu stopping him, and immediately asked back.

"Zhongde (Cheng Yu's words), why not?"

"Lord, if Lingbi's soldiers and horses are transferred to support General Tian Yu, then in case Tai Shi Ci of Huainan also attacks the Lord at this time, wouldn't we be attacked on both sides, and open the door of Lingbi, so that Tai Shi Ci's men and horses can directly kill Xuzhou City."

Liu Bei was a little uneasy when Cheng Yu said this, but there was no way, after all, he was indeed in trouble at the moment, his soldiers and horses had to fight with Yuan Shao on the one hand, and Liu Zheng on the other hand, and he really felt that there was not enough manpower.

The worst thing was that he heard a report from his spies that Yanzhou had also been attacked by Yuan Shao.

If you really want to talk about it, the current Liu Bei is in full bloom, surrounded by enemies, and several battles have directly led to a shortage of troops under his command, and he must forcibly recruit the people in various cities in a short period of time, and the villagers must participate in the war.

However, Liu Bei has always been known for his virtue, so it is naturally impossible to do anything to forcibly recruit people to participate in the war, but at this time, it is still necessary to recruit some people, but it can only be done in a milder way.

"Zhongde, if we don't mobilize the soldiers and horses on Lingbi's side to support Tian Yu, what can we do with our current situation?"

Liu Bei had no idea at the moment, so he could only hope for Cheng Yu, the military advisor next to him, to see if Cheng Yu could think of any better way to solve the current crisis.

"Lord, the soldiers and horses on Lingbi's side can't move, but these men and horses in Xuzhou City can be divided into a part to support General Tian Yu, and now that there are frequent wars, we must find a way to recruit some people in the Xuzhou area to alleviate our embarrassment of lack of manpower."

"As for the battle between General Tian Yu and Wen Ping, don't worry too much about the lord, although Wen Ping has been famous for a long time and is a good general, but with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, it is not so easy to fight to Xuzhou City, and General Tian Yu is not a vegetarian, so it is not so easy to lose to Wen Ping."

"If you only need to defend, with General Tian Yu's talent, it will not be so easy to lose, but what I'm worried about is the situation on Xiapi's side."

"Right now, General Guan Yu led an army of 20,000 to pursue Yuan Shao, but at this time, Liu Zheng attacked us, is this just a coincidence?"

Cheng Yu had some acumen, and through the news from Jian Yong, he immediately deduced some things.

And at this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

Before the man could get closer, he was already shouting loudly.

"Report, the lord has an urgent military situation, there are a large number of enemy troops near Xiapi City, and Lord Sun Shao has sent a message asking for support!"